entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note
ENT_MOA_KEMOSH,SRC_CROSS_CANAANITE_MYTH,scholarly attestation,Cross (1973) pp. 228-229: Kemosh in the context of West Semitic national deity theology; the Mesha Stele as parallel to Deuteronomistic historical writing.
ENT_MOA_KEMOSH,SRC_DDD_BIBLE,scholarly attestation,"DDD Bible, ""Chemosh"" entry: full survey of the biblical and epigraphic evidence; theological analysis of the Kemosh cult; relationship to Ashtar-Kemosh; Hellenistic equation with Ares."
ENT_MOA_KEMOSH,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,direct attestation,"Numbers 21:29: ""Woe to you, Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Kemosh."" Judges 11:24: Jephthah's theological argument that Kemosh gives Ammon its land as Yahweh gives Israel its land — the clearest biblical recognition of Kemosh as a legitimate national deity. 1 Kings 11:7,33: Solomon's high place for Kemosh on the Mount of Olives. Jeremiah 48:7,13,46: prophecy of Kemosh's exile; ""Kemosh will go into exile, his priests and officials together."" Multiple independent books confirming Kemosh across a 4-century span."
ENT_MOA_KEMOSH,SRC_MESHA_STELE,inscriptional attestation,"Mesha Stele (KAI 181) names Kemosh nine times as the supreme deity of Moab. Lines 3-4: ""Kemosh was angry with his land."" Line 9: ""And Kemosh returned [the land] in my days."" Line 14: ""And Kemosh said to me: Go, take Nebo against Israel."" Line 17: ""And I devoted it to destruction (ḥrm) for Ashtar-Kemosh."" Primary and most detailed epigraphic source."